Is something wrong with my budgie's beak?

devilhunaid · Jan 3, 2019

One of my bird Tina is not so active much and has a different beak. What I was thinking that it is growing thats why it is happening. But know I look at the other bird Neon it has also same kind of beak.Today I read the symptom of bird when they are sick they had different beak that's why I am worry.

Color of poop when it become hard is black and white. I think they are scratching their body more than usual.

Please tell me all is okay.

AmyMyBlueFront · Jan 3, 2019

Looks like to me their beaks could use a trim..I'd suggest a visit to a Certified Avian Vet for a check-up.

Jim

EllenD · Jan 3, 2019

The male's beak looks to be a bit long and could use at least a filing by a Certified Avian Vet, but in-general their beaks look fine. Their beaks appear to be healthy, no mites or anything like that, just a bit long.

If your birds are acting lethargic, meaning they just sit around all day long, or they are sleeping more than usual, that is an indication that they may have some type of illness. If they are eating less than they normally do or not eating or drinking at all, if they are sneezing/coughing or have any liquid coming from their nostrils, if they are sitting on the bottom of their cage, or if they are "fluffed-up" all the time, then these are also general signs/symptoms of illness...As far as their droppings go, if they are at all runny/watery and it can't be attributed to them just prior eating fresh veggies or fruit, or their droppings are "black", this can also be a sign that they have some type of illness, such as a bacterial and/or fungal infection.

The only way to know if your birds have an illness is to find an Avian Veterinarian and take them in, and have them check their droppings from bacteria or fungi/yeast. Don't attempt to give them any medications yourself until you know if anything is actually wrong with them and what is actually wrong with them, because you can make them much worse if you give them the wrong medication.

If their only symptom of illness is that they aren't being very "active", it may be because they are just simply bored...Do they get much time out of their cage every day? And do they have lots of different toys inside of their cage to play with and to keep them busy? If not, then most likely they are just very bored and need to have lots of different types of toys and foraging activities to do inside of their cages, and they also need to get as much out-of-cage-time as you can give them every day to keep them from becoming extremely bored. Budgies are extremely intelligent, they have the intelligence of a 3 year-old human child, so they need lots of things to do and play with to keep them busy. They are also very social parrots and they love to get out and about, so letting them out of their cage together every day so they can get some exercise is also very important.

ChristaNL · Jan 3, 2019

Give them something to scrape their beaks on...trimming perch, mirallblock...anything.

Living on plastic will warp any birds beak-- they need rough surfaces to polish and clean their beaks.

real wooden branches will challenge their feet, and give them option to gnaw on -> good exercise for their feet, stimulting more natural behaviour than being "a perchpotatoe"

Laurasea · Jan 3, 2019

Can you offer cuttle bones, or other mineral blocks for birds? That helps keep beaks normal, plus parrot safe wood to chew. Budgies droppings look like little black circles with white in the middle and are dry. Peeling off beaks is normal but those are a tad long.

devilhunaid · Jan 4, 2019

EllenD said:
The male's beak looks to be a bit long and could use at least a filing by a Certified Avian Vet, but in-general their beaks look fine. Their beaks appear to be healthy, no mites or anything like that, just a bit long.

If your birds are acting lethargic, meaning they just sit around all day long, or they are sleeping more than usual, that is an indication that they may have some type of illness. If they are eating less than they normally do or not eating or drinking at all, if they are sneezing/coughing or have any liquid coming from their nostrils, if they are sitting on the bottom of their cage, or if they are "fluffed-up" all the time, then these are also general signs/symptoms of illness...As far as their droppings go, if they are at all runny/watery and it can't be attributed to them just prior eating fresh veggies or fruit, or their droppings are "black", this can also be a sign that they have some type of illness, such as a bacterial and/or fungal infection.

The only way to know if your birds have an illness is to find an Avian Veterinarian and take them in, and have them check their droppings from bacteria or fungi/yeast. Don't attempt to give them any medications yourself until you know if anything is actually wrong with them and what is actually wrong with them, because you can make them much worse if you give them the wrong medication.

If their only symptom of illness is that they aren't being very "active", it may be because they are just simply bored...Do they get much time out of their cage every day? And do they have lots of different toys inside of their cage to play with and to keep them busy? If not, then most likely they are just very bored and need to have lots of different types of toys and foraging activities to do inside of their cages, and they also need to get as much out-of-cage-time as you can give them every day to keep them from becoming extremely bored. Budgies are extremely intelligent, they have the intelligence of a 3 year-old human child, so they need lots of things to do and play with to keep them busy. They are also very social parrots and they love to get out and about, so letting them out of their cage together every day so they can get some exercise is also very important.

They are Not hand tamed so I dont put them out. They have enough toys in their cage but they didn't use them. I think I just have to trim their beak and for that I am thinking to give them something for their beak.

EllenD · Jan 4, 2019

devilhunaid said:
EllenD said:

The male's beak looks to be a bit long and could use at least a filing by a Certified Avian Vet, but in-general their beaks look fine. Their beaks appear to be healthy, no mites or anything like that, just a bit long.

If your birds are acting lethargic, meaning they just sit around all day long, or they are sleeping more than usual, that is an indication that they may have some type of illness. If they are eating less than they normally do or not eating or drinking at all, if they are sneezing/coughing or have any liquid coming from their nostrils, if they are sitting on the bottom of their cage, or if they are "fluffed-up" all the time, then these are also general signs/symptoms of illness...As far as their droppings go, if they are at all runny/watery and it can't be attributed to them just prior eating fresh veggies or fruit, or their droppings are "black", this can also be a sign that they have some type of illness, such as a bacterial and/or fungal infection.

The only way to know if your birds have an illness is to find an Avian Veterinarian and take them in, and have them check their droppings from bacteria or fungi/yeast. Don't attempt to give them any medications yourself until you know if anything is actually wrong with them and what is actually wrong with them, because you can make them much worse if you give them the wrong medication.

If their only symptom of illness is that they aren't being very "active", it may be because they are just simply bored...Do they get much time out of their cage every day? And do they have lots of different toys inside of their cage to play with and to keep them busy? If not, then most likely they are just very bored and need to have lots of different types of toys and foraging activities to do inside of their cages, and they also need to get as much out-of-cage-time as you can give them every day to keep them from becoming extremely bored. Budgies are extremely intelligent, they have the intelligence of a 3 year-old human child, so they need lots of things to do and play with to keep them busy. They are also very social parrots and they love to get out and about, so letting them out of their cage together every day so they can get some exercise is also very important.

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They are Not hand tamed so I dont put them out. They have enough toys in their cage but they didn't use them. I think I just have to trim their beak and for that I am thinking to give them something for their beak.

If that's the only issue they have, that their beaks are a bit long, then yes, you just need to get them a Mineral Block or a Cuttlebone (they should have one or both of these anyway because they need the extra Calcium), and they should have a cement perch for both their beaks and their toenails...

If you're concerned about them being lethargic or sleeping too much, that has nothing to do with their beaks, and they need to see an Avian Vet...but if I misunderstood your initial post then I'm sorry, I thought you were describing signs and symptoms that they were possibly sick other than the beak.

Laurasea · Jan 4, 2019

Budgies are extremely active if allowed to be in a very large cage big enough for them to fly a but in, or are allowed out of the cage. In to small a cage they will just sit there. I have one budgie not hand taned at all, and one slightly hand tamed. I ioen the cage every day and let them fly around and have a couple of play areas set up on top of the cages, and a wall shelf. At night they out themselves back in their cage and I lock them up. I hope you can find a way to do this to, as I hate to think of them always stuck in a cage...I have other Parrots as well and if during the day I need to lock them up , they watch me put the other birds up and then the budgies go ahead and put themselves up as well. They are smart! As millit is a favorite food iteam, I stuff it in little boxes for them to work at getting out, I also have a large rubber ball with big holes I hang it in the middle of the cage with fishing line and stuff millit in it , they have to fly and land and swing in the ball to eat, which they enjoy doing! I give them cardboard and little papper fringes they enjoy chewing on. I have those edible mineral block perches and they enjoy chewing on those. They live to eat leafy greens that I hang around the cage. And they eat what ever veggies I offer as chop for the big Parrots. They love to chew on those treat sticks they sell at pet stores. They seem to like bells and plastic beads. I hope you can give them more active life. The first time you allow them to fly around , don't chase them and be prepared to be patient they will make there way back to there territory ( cage) eventually.

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